33. Vacchagottasaṁyutta: With Vacchagotta
I. With Vacchagotta — SN33.4: Not Knowing Choices
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1At Sāvatthī.
Then the wanderer Vacchagotta said to the Buddha:
“What is the cause, Master Gotama, what is the reason why these various misconceptions arise in the world? …”
“Vaccha, it is because of not knowing choices, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation …”
1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
"ko nu kho, bho gotama, hetu, ko paccayo, yānimāni anekavihitāni diṭṭhigatāni loke uppajjanti – sassato lokoti vā, asassato lokoti vā … pe … neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā"ti?
"Saṅkhāresu kho, vaccha, aññāṇā, saṅkhārasamudaye aññāṇā, saṅkhāranirodhe aññāṇā, saṅkhāranirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya aññāṇā; evamimāni anekavihitāni diṭṭhigatāni loke uppajjanti – sassato lokoti vā, asassato lokoti vā … pe … neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vāti. Ayaṁ kho, vaccha, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yānimāni anekavihitāni diṭṭhigatāni loke uppajjanti – sassato lokoti vā, asassato lokoti vā … pe … neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā"ti.
Catutthaṁ.